Where Do I Start (part 5) – Organise According to Your Personality
September 20, 2007
We’re continuing our organising series, Where do I start, with this 5th post:
“How to organise according to your personality”.
The key to organising successfully is to have a system that works for you.
It’s okay to be different! You don’t have to feel guilty about being a visual person and wanting more around your house than a minimalist has.
If you try too hard to adapt yourself to a style that’s not comfortable, it will not be sustainable in the long-term (and by long-term, I mean more than a week). Continue Reading
Ode to the Sticky Note
September 20, 2007
Ode to the Sticky Note
Oh little yellow wonder
So square and clean and bright
Oh little piece of paper
On whom I often write
Just the right amount of stickiness
To stay where you are stuck
Just the right amount of stickiness
To leave behind no muck
You help me do my shopping
And organize my desk
You keep me from becoming
So lost in all the mess Continue Reading
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto: Organizing Opposite Personalities
September 20, 2007
When my husband Mack and I first started dating, we lived in Germany where coins are a huge part of the currency. Mack threw extra change on his dresser at his house. Not wanting to be a nag, I watched silently in horror over the next two years until I could no longer take it!
I dumped the entire heap into a box, and I spent the next several weeks…yes, you did read that right…weeks…sorting and rolling over 600 bucks! Continue Reading